Kate Clinton

Genre Comedy Women's Styles Standup Comedy Gay Comedy Political Comedy Biography Kate Clinton Began Performing Her Political Comedy In 1981 The Same Year As Ronald Reagan. Like Reagan Kate Clinton Has Built Her Success Upon Breaking The Rules. Her Fast- Paced Cutting Edge Performance Skewers Political Egos And Shreds Taboos. Kate Clinton Always An Authority On Bush Sees Comedy As A Bawdy Politic. The Laughter She Evokes Is Less A Machinegun Staccato Outburst And More A Rolling Building Blend Of Fading Fears And Connections Made. It's Hard To Be A Dominatrix In A Kinder Gentler Nation So Kate Clinton's Comedy Is More Stand-With Than Stand-Up A Witty Yes In The Land Of No. Her Popularity Has Been Based On A Fast-Paced Satirical Style Which Focuses On Topical World Concerns And An Affirmative Feminist Agenda While Drawing On Her Recovering Catholic Roots And Her Years Of High School English Teaching. Kate Clinton Has Emerged As A National Force Outside Those Traditionally Male-Dominated Bastions The Comedy Clubs. With Four Self-Produced Albums On Her Own WhysCrack Label To Her Credit Making Light 1982 Making Waves 1983 Live At The Great American Music Hall 1985 And Babes In Joyland 1991 Kate Has Built A Wide Following In Her 10 Years Of Performing Professionally. ~ Laura Post All Music Guide Http //music.Msn.Com/music/artist-Biography/kate-Clinton/ read less